- Copper-catalyzed homolytic and heterolytic benzylic and allylic oxidation using tert-butyl hydroperoxide
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Allylic and benzylic alcohols were oxidized in good yields to the respective ketones by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of copper salts under phase-transfer catalysis conditions. This dehydrogenation was found to proceed via a heterolytic mechanism. CuCl2, CuCl, and even copper powder were equally facile as catalysts, as they were all transformed in situ to Cu(OH)Cl which was extracted into the organic phase by the phase-transfer catalyst (PTC). Deuterium labeling experiments evidenced the scission of the benzylic C-H bond in the rate-determining step. Nonproductive TBHP decomposition was not observed in the presence of the alcohol substrates. Conversely, the oxygenation of π-activated methylene groups in the same medium was found to be a free radical process, and the major products were the appropriate tert-butyl peroxides. Catalyst deactivation, solvent effects, and extraction effects are discussed. By applying Minisci's postulations concerning the relative reactivity of TBHP molecules towards tert-butoxyl radicals in protic and nonprotic environments, the coexistence of the homolytic and the heterolytic pathways can be explained. A complete reaction mechanism is proposed, wherein the free-radical oxidation obeys Kochi's mechanism, and the heterolytic dehydrogenation is based on either a high-valent CuIV=O species or a [Cu(OH)Cl]2 species.
- Rothenberg, Gadi,Feldberg, Liron,Wiener, Harold,Sasson, Yoel
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- The radical chemistry of t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) - Part 3 - Further studies on hydrocarbon activation
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Further aspects of the chemistry of TBHP in the presence of Fe(II) and Fe(III) species have been investigated. Now all the results previously reported with TBHP can be understood in terms of radical chemistry. Oxidation states of iron higher than Fe(III) are not involved.
- Barton, Derek H. R.,Le Gloahec, Valerie N.
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- THE SELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF SATURATED HYDROCARBONS. PART 28. THE ACTIVATION OF BENZYLIC METHYLENE GROUPS UNDER GOAGGIV AND GOAGGV CONDITIONS
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Under GoAggIV and GoAggV conditions, cyclohexadienes were oxidized to give aromatic products instead of ketones and alcohols.At the same time, anthracene was oxidized to give anthraquinone.Under GoAggIV and GoAggV conditions, xanthene, fluorene and diphenylmethane were oxidized to give the corresponding xanthone, fluorenone and benzophenone following two possible pathways: a) alkane to alkyl t-butylperoxide to ketone, and b) alkane to ketone, in which alkyl hydroperoxide, derived from oxygen, may be the reaction intermediate.Xanthyl azide was formed when sodium azide was added to the reaction mixture of xanthene under GoAggIV and GoAggV conditions.The reaction of triphenylmethane under GoAggV conditions gave triphenylmethyl t-butyl peroxide as the major product and hydroperoxide as the minor product.When TEMPO was added, triphenylmethyl hydroperoxide was the only product.
- Barton, Derek H. R.,Wang, Tie-Lin
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- CHROMIUMVI COMPLEX CATALYZED BENZYLIC OXIDATIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF TERT.BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE
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In using t.BuOOH and a small quantity of 2,4-dimethylpentane-2,4-diol cyclic chromate, benzylic methylene groups are oxidised into carbonyl functions; t.butylperoxy compounds are postulated as intermediates.
- Muzart, Jacques
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- Green Organic Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alkylarenes with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide Catalyzed by Water-Soluble Copper Complex
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Different benzylic compounds were efficiently oxidized to the corresponding ketones with aqueous 70% tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and the catalytic system composed of CuCl2.2H2O and 2,2'-biquinoline-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid dipotassium salt (BQC). The catalytic system CuCl2/BQC/TBHP allows obtaining high yields at room temperature under organic solvent-free conditions. The interest of this system lies in its cost effectiveness and its benign nature towards the environment. Benzylic tertbutylperoxy ethers and benzylic alcohols were observed and suggested as the reaction intermediates. Analysis of organic products by atomic absorption did not show any contamination with copper metal. In terms of efficiency, CuCl2/BQC system is comparable or superior to the most of the catalytic systems described in the literature and which are based on toxic organic solvent.
- Ajjou, Abdelaziz Nait,Rahman, Ateeq
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p. 165 - 174
(2020/04/15)
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- Hypervalent (tert-butylperoxy)iodanes generate iodine-centered radicals at room temperature in solution: Oxidation and deprotection of benzyl and allyl ethers, and evidence for generation of α-oxy carbon radicals
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1-(tert-Butylperoxy)-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one (1a) oxidizes benzyl and allyl ethers to the esters at room temperature in benzene or cyclohexane in the presence of alkali metal carbonates. Since this reaction is compatible with other protecting groups such as MOM, THP, and TBDMS ethers, and acetoxy groups, and because esters are readily hydrolyzed under basic conditions, this new method provides a convenient and effective alternative to the usual reductive deprotection. Oxidation with 1a occurs readily with C-H bonds activated by both enthalpic effects (benzylic, allylic, and propargylic C-H bonds) and/or polar effects (α-oxy C-H bonds), generating α-oxy carbon-centered radicals, which can be detected by nitroxyl radical trapping. Measurement of the relative rates of oxidation for a series of ring-substituted benzyl n-butyl ethers 2d and 2p-s indicated that electron-releasing groups such as p-MeO and p-Me groups increase the rate of oxidation, and Hammett correlation of the relative rate factors with the σ+ constants of substituents afforded the reaction constant ρ+ = -0.30. The large value of the isotope effect obtained for the oxidation of benzyl n-butyl ether 2d (k(H)/k(D) = 12-14) indicates that the rate-determining step of the reactions probably involves a high degree of benzylic C-H bond breaking. The effects of molecular dioxygen were examined, and the mechanism involving the intermediacy of the tert-butylperoxy acetal 5 and/or the hydroperoxy acetal 32 is proposed. Particularly noteworthy is the finding that (tert-butylperoxy)iodane 1a can generate the tert-butylperoxy radical and the iodine-centered radical 33a, even at room temperature in solution, via homolytic bond cleavage of the hypervalent iodine(III)-peroxy bond.
- Ochiai, Masahito,Ito, Takao,Takahashi, Hideo,Nakanishi, Akinobu,Toyonari, Mika,Sueda, Takuya,Goto, Satoru,Shiro, Motoo
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(2007/10/03)
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- BIMETALLIC OXIDATION CATALYSTS: OXIDATIONS WITH TERT.BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE MEDIATED BY BIS-(TRIBUTYLTIN OXIDE) DIOXOCHROMIUM (VI)
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At 40-80 deg C, t.BuOOH in conjunction with catalytic amounts of (n.Bu3SnO)2CrO2 1 oxidizes benzylic alcohols, methylenes in α-position of aryl, ethylenic or acetylenic groups into ketones, anthracene into anthraquinone, adamantane into adamantan-1-ol and 2-one.Except for propargylic oxidations, yields are generally superior to those obtained when CrO3 is used as catalyst instead of 1.
- Muzart, Jacques
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(2007/10/02)
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